impromptu gig + Friday outfits

xx Thursday night

We attended our grandfather's 85th birthday in Cebu on Thursday night. Had to go since our relatives all traveled to the city for it and they wanted to see us perform. The last time I saw most of them was before I graduated from high school, year 2006! I felt so old since there were so many babies. My mum comes from a family of 10 and she's the 6th!

We went to the Outpost to catch up with some friends. Riz tried out these new guitar effects from Audio Development, which she says are awesome, btw...

Then the guys from Zerothreetwo asked us to play! We were the last band and it turned out to be really fun!!! (Stole some photos from Tamia)

We were so nervous at first... We all know that Cebuanos are hard to please. But the response we got from the crowd was just amazing. Thank you!!!

We got some messages from Twitter and our Facebook page that we should've announced the gig... But really, we were only asked to play when we got there. The next one will be announced, promise!

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xxFriday

Riz stole my shirt.

(This was a test shot since she was my photographer. She doesn't know how to work my camera//adjust the settings. Huhloh, Riz! You now have an OOTD photo. Heh.)

She's planning to steal this oversized sweater-thing, too... But it's a cropped top for her, and that might pose a problem. *teeheee.

We have this magic mirror at home...

& I love my camera but father wants to take it from me so I can upgrade to a GF2! I hate touch screens and I like the GF1's look + lens more... Well I can't say no to a new toy, now can I? My GF1's just got some sentimental value since I worked for it.

I used to dread playing that piano. Although I did learn how to play that and the violin, I never really loved it fully... I enjoy being in the choir or singing with a band more.

Go-to accessories at the moment:

Green ring- Mango; Skull/inverse connector ring- Topman (Singapore); Skull bead bracelet- Anagon; "Life is an adventure, partake!" bracelet- the Bead Shop; Chain & leather cuff- Carbon.

The super-high ceiling of our living room doesn't help to make it cooler (say hello to my shiny face). Summers in Cebu are intense, but that's enough reason for you to hit the beautiful beaches surrounding the island! Too bad I can't do that just yet... I can't wait to graduate! We don't have any summer breaks.

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Sinulog 2011- Sunday (part2)

[read part 1 here]

Last year, I joined the parade and celebrated Sinulog with the Castillos/IPI and some friends. This year, I decided to join the big street party since I had guests from Manila... This is how the streets are like during the Sinulog festival...

We had brunch and didn't head to the streets til 2:30PM since we waited for the rain to stop...

We got dropped off Ayala Center and had to walk to Baseline since the traffic was horrible and there were so many road blocks already along the way...

Met some friends who were also Zara girls.

Still looking clean

The pretty RIZs with nice smiles- Rizbelle and Rizza

David was pointing and laughing.......

...at my fabulous makeup.

This photo sums up Sam and Pao's Sinulog experience :))

That's Pao's epic face after drinking the deadly mix of some beer and vodka :))

The umbrella makes a statement

Yeah I pretty much looked like a boy on this day.

She brought a Fuji polaroid camera! So jealz.

Vern, check out your boyfriend. LOL

Pia's Sinulog face

Drenched!

Pao- "OMG SO FAAAR are we near already?!?!" // Sam gasping for air // Abby thinking "When will this end?!" // Koi- "Raaaal wait for us!!!" // Rizza- "This is fun! Wee!"

We took a longer route going back to Ayala since people were already blocking the previous one we took earlier! I think I forgot for a second that not everyone enjoyed walking like I did.

Koi posing as a water vendor... (The kid just left for a while to get some change... hehe)

We reached City Sports Club where my driver parked the car and then we went to Ila Puti at I.T. Park since most of them were starving...

My iPhone with the torn-up wrist band from the party

I love this

There were about 3 bands performing there and Riz and I decided to just jam & sing one song... But we ended up singing an entire set since they kept asking for more! So fun!

Went home and we all took our time in the shower. The water turned blue when I was bathing! Changed and went to Maya (my fave bar in Cebu) to just chill, meet up with some friends and drink...

Tried their Sangria which was reallyyyyy good. Maya has the best mojitos and margaritas, too! Glad they're opening up a branch in Manila. They serve really good Mexican food.

2 cars died on us... Weird, right? We had to go back and forth to lend each other this jumper. It was raining and I pitied the guys. Good thing the flyover was just close to Crossroads (where the two cars were).

We went to Outpost to listen to some bands and meet up with some more friends. The Outpost has that CubaoX/Saguijo feel but it's much smaller plus it's just one main house. I remember coming to this place before when I was in high school. It wasn't so popular back then. Really nice place to chill and listen to live music!

a "mini Larsian"... Hehe

Loved Sam's outfit! Her dress if from Kate Torralba.

Here's a short clip of us singing at Ila Puti...

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Pics grabbed from Sam and Olga:

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I think my photos pretty much give y'all an idea of how much fun Sinulog was this year. It gets better every damn year, I tell ya! My friends kept saying that they're going to convince their friends to come to the next one. I can't wait for Sinulog 2012!!!

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